Bunnies in the same room

[jaykub lyons]

Hello, I’m new here to the forums. My current rabbit is a Mini Lop and her name is Hope. She will be 3 years old in December. My previous Bunny Eddie Passed away back in Early 2014.

Recently I got an request to take my friends rabbit because they “don’t have time for it anymore” They are not sure if its a male or female because they don’t know how to tell and I haven’t been able to go see it in person yet to look myself.

My question I hope someone can answer is , if the rabbit is a male; can it stay in the same room ( Different Cage) than my current rabbit?

[tobyluv]

If your friend’s rabbit is an adult male ( or at least 5 months old) they should be able to see testicles. They look like pink kidney beans. Rabbits can sometimes hide them, but if he is relaxed, and old enough, they should be visible.

Is Hope spayed? Besides the obvious health benefits to that, she would be far less territorial about a new rabbit coming into her home and her room, if she is spayed. And if she isn’t spayed, and the friend’s rabbit is a male, accidents can happen. All it takes is a few seconds for rabbits to get together, if a cage wasn’t closed properly. And rabbits have been known to mate through cage bars, so you should never have an unspayed rabbits housed directly next to an unneutered male.

If Hope is spayed, it would probably be okay to house the rabbits in the same room, but you will have to have this new bunny spayed or neutered before you can think about bonding Hope with him or her. It is usually a lot easier to bond a spayed female with a neutered male, but you can bond same gender rabbits too.

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